Lindaloo wrote:Derek Ortt wrote:some of the water may have been wave related in MS, but once trapped in a room, it will resemble level water
The surge to wave height may have only been 5 feet as the region is not very wave prone, and the waves move very rapidly in shallow water, so in places, waves may have been nearly on top of each other
Tell that to some of the people holding on to roofs until a wave would push them high enough to get onto the roof. Tell that to the people on Market Street in Pascagoula that saw a huge wall of water with white caps coming at them. Tell that to my dentist who was going to ride it out in his home on the beach here but changed his mind when he noticed the waves going out instead of in at 4:30 in the morning!
Now I know why you asked me if there was a tidal wave!!! That is too strange and I would love to hear what the Pro's think was going on here. Nothing I can think of would cause this, especially with a continuous onshore flow of wind and water that would have been present to the East of the center.
